Temple
Construction Progress Report (current as of 1/25/17)
Current
Temple Status: 155 operating; 1 scheduled for
dedication; 11 under construction; 1 groundbreaking scheduled; 1 scheduled
for rededication; 2 undergoing renovation; 9 announced. NOTE: With one groundbreaking
announced already this year, two more have the potential to be announced and
scheduled very soon, and there may be several more groundbreakings than that in
the year ahead.
Dedication
scheduled:
156. Paris France Temple: Inscription
gilded over baptistry; finish work underway on interior; dedication
scheduled for Sunday May 21, 2017.
Under Construction:
157. Tucson Arizona
Temple: Exterior lighting tests underway; installation of interior art glass
and millwork nearing completion; president’s home undergoing renovation; completion
anticipated sometime during late 2017.
158. Meridian Idaho
Temple: Interior painting and millwork underway; completion
anticipated sometime during late 2017.
159. Cedar City Utah
Temple: Installing art glass windows; hanging drywall on interior; completion
anticipated sometime during late 2017.
160. Rome Italy Temple:
Interior work progressing; completion anticipated
sometime between early and mid-2018.
161. Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple: Building concrete block exterior
walls; roughing in plumbing; completion anticipated sometime between early
and mid-2018.
162. Concepcion Chile
Temple: Exterior cladding going up on north wall; framing
the interior walls; completion anticipated sometime during mid-2018.
163. Durban South
Africa Temple: Applying waterproof mastic to temple foundation; setting
concrete forms for missionary housing exterior walls; completion
anticipated sometime during mid-2018.
164. Barranquilla
Colombia Temple: Exterior concrete walls completed; completion anticipated
sometime between late 2018 and early 2019.
165. Winnipeg Manitoba
Temple: Groundbreaking held Saturday December 3, 2016; completion anticipated
sometime between late 2018 and early 2019.
166. Fortaleza Brazil
Temple: Second floor exterior walls poured; completion anticipated
sometime during 2019.
167. Lisbon Portugal
Temple: Excavation underway for temple; structural framing going up for
meetinghouse; completion anticipated sometime during 2019.
Groundbreaking Scheduled:
168. Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple:
Preparing for groundbreaking; environmental license issued in November 2016;
groundbreaking scheduled for Saturday
March 4, 2017.
Rededication Scheduled:
8. Idaho Falls Idaho
Temple: Closed for renovation; finish work underway; rededication scheduled for
Sunday June 4, 2017.
Undergoing Renovation:
20. Jordan River Utah
Temple: Closed for renovation; rededication anticipated sometime between late
2017 and early 2018.
41. Frankfurt Germany
Temple: Closed for renovation; some exterior stone removed; foundation exposed;
old meetinghouse razed; rededication anticipated sometime between early
and mid-2018.
Announced:
169. Arequipa Peru
Temple: Erecting construction
barrier; clearing and leveling site; awaiting groundbreaking announcement; groundbreaking
anticipated in early 2017.
170. Harare Zimbabwe
Temple: Approval and construction preparation phase; official site announcement
anticipated in 2017, with the groundbreaking anticipated to take place shortly
following the site announcement.
171. Port-au-Prince
Haiti Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement.
NOTE: The LDS Church Temple website indicates that a potential site has been identified,
though it has yet to be officially verified.
172. Bangkok Thailand
Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement. NOTE:
As the above-mentioned website indicates for this temple, while no official
temple site has been announced, there may be a possibility that a Church office
building may be repurposed to function as a temple, meetinghouse, and office
building under one roof, in a similar fashion to those temples in Hong Kong
China and Manhattan New York. This is most likely to be confirmed sooner rather
than later.
173. Urdaneta Philippines Temple: Stalled in planning
and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement.
174. Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple: Planning phase; awaiting
official site announcement.
175. Quito Ecuador Temple: Planning phase; awaiting
official site announcement.
176. Belem Brazil Temple: Planning phase; awaiting
official site announcement.
177. Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple: Planning phase; awaiting
official site announcement.
Key:
Bolded
numbers and text denote temples whose
numbers already exists (for renovations), or is certain due to a scheduled
dedication, as well as information that is certain, such as dedication or
groundbreaking dates.
Italicized
numbers and text denote
temples whose numbers may change based on the order in which future dedications
and groundbreakings are scheduled.
Underlined
numbers and text denote temples whose
numbers may change based on progress towards planning, approval, and
groundbreaking.
Red
text denotes changes from the last posted
temple progress report.
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